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Oregon Geranium (Geranium Oreganum)

Pacific Crest Trail, Hobart Bluff, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, OR, 7/2019.

We found these large purple flowers in alluring sun-spotted drifts while hiking this summer in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument along the Pacific Crest Trail. (more…)

October 27, 2019 | Categories: California, Cascades, geranium, Low Elevation, May, Mid Elevation, Oregon, purple/blue, shaded forests, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest, Willamette Valley | Tags: cascade-siskiyou national monument, flower, hobart bluff, Non-native, pacific crest trail, wildflower | Leave a comment

Toothed Owl’s Clover (Orthocarpus cuspidatus)

Pacific Crest Trail, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, OR, 7/2019.

At one point in the spectacular Hobart Bluff-Soda Mountain section of the Pacific Crest Trail in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, we found the trailside covered in these pretty Owl’s clovers we had never seen before. (more…)

August 20, 2019 | Categories: Alpine, alpine/subalpine meadow, August, broomrape, July, Mid Elevation, Oregon, pink, purple/blue, Southern Oregon / Northern California, Unique to Northwest | Tags: flower, hiking, pacific crest trail, pacific northwest, wildflower | Leave a comment